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17 yr old graffiti's bridge and dies.
the risks these kids take, for WHAT?
At about 8am today police were called to a bike track between Brodie Road and the Southern Expressway, Morphett Vale where a member of public had found a body of a 17-year old male youth in Christies Creek. South Coast Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators have since visited the scene where the body was found.
Inspector Stephen Howard spoke to the media about the tragic death.
From early reports into the investigation it would appear the youth, who was from Christie Downs, was walking along the Southern Expressway bridge on the outside of the wall over the creek.
As he approached the centre of the bridge he has fallen to his death.
South Coast Police are currently preparing a report for the coroner and ask that anyone that may have more information in relation to the death to please contact BankSA Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
does anybody feel sorry for this guy? and his mates
On several occasions overnight police patrols from South Coast local service area went to the scene at Christies Creek where a 17-year-old died yesterday.
Patrols will continue to pay close attention to the area.
This morning police reported an 18-year-old man from Hackham West at the Christies Creek location.
Police will allege that they were speaking to the man when he dropped a backpack near the bridge that contained cans of spray paint.
He was reported for carrying graffiti equipment and received a fine for possessing a small amount of cannabis.
Police have been liaising with DETI to have the graffiti removed.
I am not sorry not 1 bit for this fool or his dipsh!t mates.
Nobody wants to play with me
i feel sorry for him, it annoys me how theres all these laws about graffiti but nearly no where legal to do it, i think if people are sticking to tunnels and under bridges thats fine, its not hurting anyone and chances are no one will even see it, its just the people that do pointless ugly looking tags on shop fronts and house fences that annoy me
Rolling on 4 again :D
Meh, graffiti tagging is stupid anyway, so there's no good reason to go out of your way to do it. Graffiti art on the other hand can be quite impressive; just gotta find the place to do it, which is a problem I suppose. I know some businesses allow graffiti artists to use their walls as long as it isn't just tagging.
The kid that died had it coming, I suppose. Risk your life to graffiti something with 'lolbutts' or 'xtatic' or 'ziffaaa' or any stupid tag, eventually at least one person is gonna get hurt or killed in the process.
SkyFall
Dont see a point in graffiti. Happy for kids to do it, as long as its their property.
The Black Beauty
Whats wrong with paper?Originally Posted by luke23
some people like to use spray paint and do full size pieces that have more colour and require more skill
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That is their problem, they need to find a suitable place or not do it at all. There is no excuse for defacing other people's property. There are actually plenty of options for these morons to do their art legally but they don't care, they just don't give a #### or get off on the thrill.
Infidel Bear
Mini Putt 2 Champion!
If they like it that much then buy their own house to graffiti. They could always do it on canvas, unlikely though that would require them to have a job to purchase materials.
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
Tells it like it is.
What are you talking about??? There are millions of legal places to do it. Go buy yourself any one of the million or so properties in Australia and knock your socks off. The presumption that because a wall exists that entitles people to deface it as they see fit is nothing more than disrespectful and juvenile vandalism. I don't feel sorry for him what so ever. It's right up there with a burgler copping a baseball bat in the chops - occupational hazard I say.
Reaper
yeah i agree i hate ugly graffiti on house fences and shop fronts as i said, and like you said they need to find suitable places to do it, and thats why i said under bridges and tunnels, they seem suitable to me, there not own directly by anyone and no one will see it and its a good place for them to do it without annoying people
meh, natural selection at its best
The Mad Dutchman
The issue is not the kid dying - it's the family and friends now struggling to cope with the loss. Having known people in a similar situation (kid died doing something stupid) there is a temptation to blame everyone for the actions of a young fool.
It would be good if the artistic side of the graphitti could be exploited and also if the parents could take responsibility for raising and educating their kids from a young age.
There are always exceptions to the rule (broken families, parents who can't cope, people who are naturally stupid), but all too often in society we tend to avoid personal responsibility for our actions and the end result of them.
yeah but does he really deserve to die for it? that's what im saying, mabey if he was tagging someones fence and got a punch in the face that would be fair
Make the stupid stop!
Luke: Our taxes pay to clean up these tags on public property and structures.
Cops don't give a #### about graffiti,I live near the southern expressway and my neighbour saw a group doing a piece during day ,called the cops 3 times only to be told that it wasn't important enough and to just deal with it???He died doing something risky and dumb so be it
Tells it like it is.
The guy was climbing on the outside of a bridge to spray paint some crap on there. How stupid can he be?? Deserve to die??? Probably not. Do I feel sorry for him??? Nope.
Reaper
clair: i know that, im not saying people should be allowed to graffiti where ever they want, i was just saying he didnt deserve to die for what he did
Tells it like it is.
The only suitable places are on your own fences/walls etc or those that the owner has agreed for such a thing. Just because somebody hasn't explicitly said no doesn't make it right.
Reaper
yes he shouldnt have been doing that and yes it was very stuiped, but just because someone does something stuiped doesnt mean they deserve to die, if he fell and broke his arm i think that would have been enough justice
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nail on the head!
luke, don't you think that whilst he was doing it he was scared of falling to his death? but, if he pulled it off what an awesome piece, and bragging right he would have had? at 17 he knew the risks!
and for the record his parents are telling everybody what a good boy he was and how he did nothing wrong in life, he was well respected and loved.
I still feel no sympathy.
Nobody wants to play with me
Mucca Mad Boys
Infidel Bear
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I should mention, graffiti art I do like, like the below:
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
when graffiti comes to mind the photos above are what i think off, i think most other people just imagine a ugly one word tag that ruins someones fence and looks pointless, and did you take them photos minux?
//There Ain't No Rest For The Wicked...
It appears that the kid wasnt trying hard enough...
Infidel Bear
Mini Putt 2 Champion!
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